"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.-- Philip K DickOK, now let's look at four dimensions on the blackboard.-- Dr. JoyEnglish isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks."To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln."If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.

Ever wondered whether you live near a filming location? Well now you can find out (mostly), as here is a map showing the locations used for IMDb's top 2000 films. I found out the following:-

The Orphanage was filmed partly in Llanes in Spain, where I stayed with a couple of friends a few years ago.

I was born (and went to Secondary school) very close to where parts of Full Metal Jacket, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Time Bandits were filmed.

I was quite close to where parts of The Battle of Britain and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade were filmed, and have visited that airfield countless times. Not on the map is the fact that The Crystal Maze was filmed there too.

I've been to the hospital featured at the end of A Clockwork Orange far too many times to count.

The Volcano nightclub from Trainspotting is in the wrong place. As is the pub that Begbie threw a pint in. And apparently Gregory's Girl was never made in Scotland. Or World War Z, Skyfall, Local Hero. But mostly Gregory's Girl...

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks."To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln."If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.

But no Gregory's Girl, no Heavenly Pursuits, no Local Hero, no That Sinking Feeling?

And where is Brigadoon??!?

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks."To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln."If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.

The movie "Empire Falls" was filmed right up the road in Skowhegan, but it's not on the map.

On the other hand, "The Witches of Eastwick" was at least partly filmed at Abbott Hall, Marblehead, MA, the same building I was married in (not to the current Mrs. T, to the former holder of that title).

"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.-- Philip K DickOK, now let's look at four dimensions on the blackboard.-- Dr. JoyEnglish isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."

"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.-- Philip K DickOK, now let's look at four dimensions on the blackboard.-- Dr. JoyEnglish isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."